Bartlett, Oliver and MacCulloch, Angus (2020) Evidence and Proportionality in Free Movement Cases: The Impact of the Scotch Whisky Case. European Journal of Risk Regulation, 11 (1). pp. 109-130. ISSN 1867-299X

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Market interventions to protect public health are likely to be subject to EU law challenge as contrary to the rules on free movement. In the Scotch Whisky case the CJEU stressed the importance of defined public health objectives and supporting evidence in the analysis of whether interventions are justified as “appropriate” and “necessary”. This article considers the wider implications of this judgment for the application of the proportionality test in free movement cases and in the case of innovative interventions that are adopted on a complex evidence base. The article argues that the unusual development that Scotch Whisky made to the CJEU’s wider trend towards greater engagement with evidence should be treated with caution, and that it is possible for national courts to apply the new guidance on the role of evidence in the proportionality analysis with sensitivity. The article also argues that policymakers must now be more aware of how they frame innovative interventions and the evidence supporting them.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	This is the preprint version of the published article, which is available at: Bartlett, O., & MacCulloch, A. (2020). Evidence and Proportionality in Free Movement Cases: The Impact of the Scotch Whisky Case. European Journal of Risk Regulation, 11(1), 109-130. doi:10.1017/err.2019.64
Keywords:	EU Law; Free Movement; Public Health; Proportionality; Alcohol Pricing; Evidence; Framing;
Academic Unit:	Assisting Living & Learning,ALL institute Faculty of Social Sciences > Law
Item ID:	15615
Identification Number:	https://doi.org/10.1017/err.2019.64
Depositing User:	Oliver Bartlett
Date Deposited:	02 Mar 2022 14:54
Journal or Publication Title:	European Journal of Risk Regulation
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	Publisher
Use Licence:	This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here

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